In my experience,
Humans will do anything to avoid being triggered.
We will avoid people and situations that trigger us at all costs.
And when we feel triggered,
We will do anything to get away from that feeling.
Triggers are like a bottle of soda.
If that soda bottle has been shaken up for a while,
Then there's a lot of energy inside of it.
It's similar to an emotion that's been suppressed and pushed down for a while.
So the first time you turn the cap on that soda bottle,
There's a huge fizz,
And sometimes the fizz even bursts out.
This is exactly what an emotional trigger is like,
Except it's inside our body.
But each time you open that soda bottle,
Letting even just a little bit of air in,
That sizzle becomes smaller and smaller,
Until eventually one day,
It's flat.
And this is essentially what you do with your emotional triggers in order to heal them over time.
A trigger is essentially a memory attached to a charge.
And the charge is the emotion that hasn't been fully recognized and released.
A lot of times,
We don't know what to do with this energy because it feels big and it feels scary,
So we tend to keep pushing it down,
Which makes it bigger over time.
In order to heal or release a trigger,
What has to happen is for you to sit down and allow that sizzle or that charge to come out bit by bit.
And what you're essentially doing is feeling the emotion.
A small part of that charge will then be released from the memory.
At first,
This process is very difficult.
I won't lie about that.
But each time you will let yourself feel that emotion,
Whether it be shame,
Embarrassment,
Grief,
Or sorrow,
You're allowing that charge to be released from your body,
Just like the fizzle is released from a shaken soda bottle.
Then something wonderful happens.
The memory eventually becomes like a page in a book that you've already read.
That memory or trigger moment will still exist,
But it no longer carries the intense charge that it once did.
This gradual release is what helped me heal trauma and work through my triggers.
So if you've experienced severe trauma and feel like you're never going to get through it,
I want to tell you that you will.
I have experienced immense trauma,
And if I can do this work,
You can too.
You're not alone.
So when you're ready,
Sit down with yourself in a quiet space where you feel extremely comfortable and take a deep breath in and exhale slowly.
I want you to bring your consciousness into your body and notice where you feel any emotions or any charges in the body.
Something that can also help is a journaling prompt.
Some questions I like to ask myself is,
What sizzles are coming up for you right now?
You can also ask,
Where do you feel them in your body?
And how does it feel after noticing them and letting them release?
And after you sit with yourself for a while,
Make sure to give yourself gratitude because your own presence and your own acknowledgement is the best gift you can give yourself.
